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Category: 2023 Israel Gaza War
Facts & analysis on the events of Oct. 7 and since
Biden withholds weapons shipment over Rafah invasion, as Gazans flee – Day 215
Biden administration pauses shipment of deadliest bombs to Israel; new mass grave holds at least 49 Palestinian bodies; Rafah’s largest hospital shuts down as a result of Israeli invasion, as closed crossings cause severe shortages; Israeli military promise Rafah will not be the end of the war; growing number of West Bank home demolitions; Ohio may use old anti-KKK law against pro-Palestine protesters; two new bills in Congress are new-level ridiculous; almost 700 Jewish profs urge Biden not to sign antisemitism legislation; Bahamas recognizes State of Palestine
“Yes, it is genocide” –Israeli genocide scholar
In most cases of genocide, from Bosnia to Namibia, from Rwanda to Armenia, the perpetrators of the murder said they were acting in self-defence. The fact that what is happening in Gaza does not resemble the Holocaust, writes Holocaust scholar Amos Goldberg, does not mean that it is not genocide
Israeli Destruction of Gaza: The Facts
The barbarity by Israel is unprecedented. Among the deceased in the mass graves at hospitals, some people had been stripped of their clothes and buried with their hands tied. A child is killed every 10 minutes in Gaza on average… The beautiful coastal strip is no longer recognizable…
Cruelty of language: Leaked NY Times memo reveals moral depravity of US media
The New York Times coverage of the Israeli carnage in Gaza, like that of other mainstream US media, is a disgrace to journalism.
Drone footage raises questions about Israeli justification for deadly strike on Gaza journalists
A Washington Post investigation reveals that yet another Israeli claim used to justify killing Palestinians was fraudulent…
Terrifying Israeli attack on Rafah, more mass graves, more int’l law violations – Day 214
Rafah nightmare; another cache of buried Gazan bodies; Israeli hostage dies from Israeli bombing; evacuation orders not compliant with int’l law; Biden drags feet on Israel report; settlers attack aid trucks (again) as famine grows; cousin of extremist Meir Kahane rams Columbia pro-Palestine protesters; US reportedly delays shipment of one-ton bombs to Israel; news on ceasefire proposal…
Journalism professors call on New York Times to review Oct. 7 report
More than 50 tenured journalism professors from top universities signed a letter calling on the New York Times to address questions about a major investigative report that described a “pattern of gender-based violence” in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.
Mearsheimer: Israel Lobby is why Biden doesn’t stop Israeli genocide
Top political scientist and prominent author Professor John Mearsheimer says Biden doesn’t rein in Israel because of the Israel Lobby. He says supporting Israel is not in the US strategic or moral interest.
“This morning is one of the darkest in this 7-month-long nightmare,” “The Israeli occupation has sentenced the residents of the Strip to death” – Day 213
Terror in Rafah as Israeli troops move in – in spite of Hamas’ agreement to ceasefire deal; 600,000 children at risk; Israel’s evacuation plan for Rafah does not meet with US approval, and may be a violation of int’l law; Netanyahu is on the hook for ceasefire decision and leaked “top secret” letter from 2018; UN experts on sexual assault of Palestinians; Republican senators threaten ICC prosecutor; campus protest and Freedom Flotilla news, more